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SUBMITTER: Hara E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4137364 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hara Eri E Ueda Motoki M Makino Akira A Hara Isao I Ozeki Eiichi E Kimura Shunsaku S
ACS medicinal chemistry letters 20140618 8
Lactosome is a polymeric micelle composed of amphiphilic polydepsipeptide, poly(sarcosine)64-block-poly(l-lactic acid)30 (AB-type), which accumulates in solid tumors through the enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect. However, lactosome on multiple administrations changed its pharmacokinetics from accumulation in tumors to liver due to the production of antilactosome IgM, which was triggered by the first administration. This phenomenon is called the accelerated blood clearance (ABC). I ...[more]